Mapping a Network Drive (iSeries Folder)

["Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx>]

I don't know if I should be posting this here or at Midrange-L, but I'll try
here first.

 

I'm not able to map a network drive in Windows Explorer to our System i
(V5R1).  I had to use the HOSTS table to define the name of the System i by
its IP address, which works when I use Windows' FTP.  This name, also, works
fine for Client Access.

 

I've tried defining the folder using this name in the "Map Network Drive"
panel, such as: \\OurSystem\\Jerry (Jerry is a shared folder in the root
directory of the IFS).  Couldn't connect.  I, also, tried the i's specific
IP address, such as \\123.456.78.901\Jerry.  No dice.

 

Netserver is running, according to iSeries Navigator (V5R4).  I went through
the configuration panels, but not really sure what many (most?) of them
mean.  

 

Current Users panel: Yes

Name Selection panel - Yes, use current name

Description panel - left the default iSeries

Domain panel - I entered MSHOME, which was one of the domains I saw when I
browsed during the Map Network Drive setup.  

Logon Support panel - No

Guest Access panel - No

CCSID panel - 0 - Use iSeries NetServer CCSID (the default)

Idle Session Timeout - No 6000 seconds

Browse Announcements - No

WINS panel - No

Start with TCP/IP - Yes

 

I've never had trouble mapping a System i folder before, but admittedly the
networks on which I worked before were pretty well set up; this one is so
convoluted that I can't even print from Word to a PC sitting 10' from me,
but I can print to one down the hall.  So maybe that's the issue with the
drive mapping.  

 

Jerry C. Adams

IBM i Programmer/Analyst

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